1. TARANirs, 309 



V. oceUatus. Sixty to seventy transverse rows of abdominal scales. 

 Markings as in V. alhicjalaris. 

 We&t Africa. 



a. Ad., stuffed. W. Africa. 



b. Hgr., stufied. Seuegal. 



c. Yg. Gambia. Capt. Moloney [P.]. 



d. Hgr. Cape (?). 



e. Ad. ? 



/. Anatomical preparation. {Cf. Giiuther, Pruc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 60.) 



5. Varanus flavescens. 



Empagusia flavescens, Gray, Cat. p. 9. 

 Monitor flavescens, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 25, and Ind. Zool. 



Varanus picquotii, Dum. Sf Bibr. iii. p. 485. 

 Empagusia flavescens, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 1838, p. 393. 

 Monitor exantliematicus, var. B, Schley. Abhild. p. 71. 

 Varanus flavescens, G'unth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 65, pi. ix. fig. A. 



Teeth subconical, scarcely compressed. Snout short, convex, 

 measuring a little less than the distance from the anterior border of 

 the orbit to the anterior border of the ear ; canthus rostralis distinct. 

 Nostril an oblique slit, a little nearer the end of the snout than the 

 orbit. Digits short, the length of the fourth toe, measured from its 

 articulation with the tarsus to the base of the -jlaw, not exceeding 

 the length of the femur. Tail feebly compressed, keeled above. 

 Scales of head small, subequal ; the median series of supraocular 

 scales slightly dilated transversely. Scales on upper surfaces mode- 

 rate, oval, keeled. Abdominal scales smooth, in sixty-five to 

 seventy -five transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled ; the caudal keel 

 with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Olive or yellowish brown 

 above, witli irregular darker markings which are generally con- 

 fluent into broad cross bars ; a blackish temporal streak ; lower 

 surfaces yellowish, with rather indistinct brown cross bars, which 

 are most distinct on the throat. Young dark brown above, with 

 yellow spots confluent into cross bars ; lower surfaces yellow, with 

 dark brown cross bars. 



centim. centim. 



Total length 92 Fore limb 105 



Head 7 Hind limb 13 



Neck 8 Tail 51 



Body 2G 



Northern India ; Burma ; Malay Peninsula. 



a, b. Ad., stutFed. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c, d. Ad., stutt'ed. India. 



c. Yg. Imliii. Gen. Ilardwicke [P.]. 



/. Hgr. India. 



